deterioration
The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worseThe process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
» Let's stop the deterioration of the natural environment.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
Verschlimmerung, Verschlechterung, Verschärfung
ухудше́ниеuxudšénije, по́рчаpórča, деграда́цияdegradácija
погіршенняpohiršennja
process of changing to an inferior state
Examples
4 sentencesLet's stop the deterioration of the natural environment.
The deterioration of corporate earnings has yet to bottom out.
Do you want this defeatist propaganda to bring about further deterioration of the situation?
While these drugs cannot actually cure an AIDS patient, they can halt the deterioration of his or her condition.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French détérioration; morphologically deteriorate + -ion.Borrowed from French détérioration; morphologically deteriorate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: deteriorations| Singular | deterioration |
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regular
Synonyms
17 synonyms- process of changing to an inferior state:decline in qualitydeclensionworsening
- a symptom of reduced quality or strength:impairment
Antonyms
4 antonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable